Clothed vs Dressed - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between clothed and dressed

is that clothed is past tense of clothe while dressed is past tense of dress.

is covered with a cloth.

(head)

(clothe)

(-)

Covered with a cloth.

a white-clothed table

(head)

(dress)

* 1883:

...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed .

(New Orleans) Having a sandwich prepared with several fixings, typically lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.